World

Democracy Without Women Is Not Democracy

Democracy Without Women Is Not Democracy Democracy Without Women Is Not Democracy

Gorbachev’s perestroika gave a start to the independent women’s movement in Russia.

Mar 18, 2021 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina

Harry and Meghan’s Interview Has Given a Welcome Boost to the Anti-Monarchy Movement

Harry and Meghan’s Interview Has Given a Welcome Boost to the Anti-Monarchy Movement Harry and Meghan’s Interview Has Given a Welcome Boost to the Anti-Monarchy Movement

Let’s also abolish the monarchical thinking that defers to oligarchy in the UK and the US.

Mar 17, 2021 / John Nichols

Asam Ahmad garden

Awaiting a Second Spring, and the Growth of Living Things Awaiting a Second Spring, and the Growth of Living Things

On gardens, fellow feeling, and whether “we’re all in this together” shall transcend cliché, on the cusp of another surreal spring.

Mar 17, 2021 / Asam Ahmad

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva,

The Return of Lula The Return of Lula

The restoration of political rights to Brazil’s leftist former president makes him a front-runner for the elections in 2022—and has already upended the country’s politics.

Mar 17, 2021 / Natália Scarabotto

Afghanistan

Our Endless Wars Led to the Capitol Insurrection Our Endless Wars Led to the Capitol Insurrection

As a former soldier in America’s forever wars, I found what happened strangely familiar, almost inevitable.

Mar 17, 2021 / Kevin Tillman

Biden’s Foreign Policy Team Can’t Handle New Threats With Old Strategies

Biden’s Foreign Policy Team Can’t Handle New Threats With Old Strategies Biden’s Foreign Policy Team Can’t Handle New Threats With Old Strategies

How can the United States focus on new threats while sustaining endless wars and obsolete postures?

Mar 16, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Equality Now

Equality Now Equality Now

March is Women’s Month, but the fight for equality is year-long.

Mar 16, 2021 / OppArt / Gio

Palestine protest

Protecting Pro-Palestine Activists Can Feel Almost Impossible—but These Students Succeeded Protecting Pro-Palestine Activists Can Feel Almost Impossible—but These Students Succeeded

When a lawyer tried to force UCLA’s Students for Justice in Palestine to publicize the names of their speakers at a 2018 conference, the students fought back. And won.

Mar 16, 2021 / StudentNation / Lex McMenamin

Communist Party Congress

Cold War Nostalgia Fuels a Dangerous New Anti-China Consensus Cold War Nostalgia Fuels a Dangerous New Anti-China Consensus

It is folly to use China as a bogeyman to help unite America and revive NATO.

Mar 15, 2021 / Jeet Heer

Biden foreign policy

Biden’s Foreign Policy Is Clinging to an Irrelevant Past Biden’s Foreign Policy Is Clinging to an Irrelevant Past

It’s past time to give the narratives of the 20th century a decent burial. Doing so may be a precondition for our very survival.

Mar 12, 2021 / Andrew J. Bacevich

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